Last Day for Certe’s Soft Shelled Crab; Thursday is $9 Lobster Roll Day
It’s the last day of June, which means today is your final chance to for Certe’s delicious soft shelled crab sandwich (on 55th btw. 5+6th). I’m not sure if they are doing a July sandwich, but Thursday they *will* be serving the “make-good” $9 lobster roll they promised last month. For those who don’t remember… on May 22nd Certe offered their Friday lobster roll for the special one day price of $9. Sadly, the sandwich didn’t live up to the standards of what some lunchers would consider an authentic lobster roll (it was a wrap, and had corn in it.) Certe responded by saying they would offer a $9, authentic lobster roll, right before July 4th weekend to make up for it. So here it is. Certe’s “authentic” lobster roll, this Thursday, take out only, for $8.95. Enjoy!
Posted: 10:45 am, June 30th, 2009 under Certe.
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Zach: Thanks so much for this timely reminder. I had missed the original post, so, on this, the last day of its availability, I had Certe’s soft-shelled crab sandwich. It arrived in less than 30 minutes, still warm, but not still crispy. For $8.95, it was adequately filling, particularly served with the red cabbage slaw and yukon gold/purple potato salad. Nice work, Certe.
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A “real” lobster roll includes a mix of lobster meat (mostly tail, claw meat OK, preferably larger chunks) mixed with a small amount of mayo, some light seasonings (salt, a dust of pepper), and (optionally) some diced celery (not a fan of raw celery). `
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A “real” lobster roll includes a mix of lobster meat (mostly tail, claw meat OK, preferably larger chunks) mixed with a small amount of mayo, some light seasonings (salt, a dust of pepper), and (optionally) some diced celery (not a fan of raw celery). This is served in a toasted, lightly-buttered SPLIT hot-dog roll. That is how it’s done. I grew up in Boston eating fresh lobster/lobster rolls, and I know this.
It’s a shame the hype that the underwhelming lobster gets around here. There is a current oversupply of live Maine lobsters. You can get live lobsters boiled tpo order for around $5/lb at many supermarkets in northern New England. And one 1-1/4 pound lobster (the typical “chicken” lobster), for under $7, is enough to make 2 or 3 enormous lobster rolls that would FAR surpass the lame and overpriced attempts offered in NYC. I guess that’s the price we pay fo0r “living in the city.” Sad.
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If you were to cook lobster at home.. anyone have a suggestion on the best place to get them (physical manhattan location, or order online?) those prices that stevenp mentioned sound great.. but anything relatively close to that in the city?
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Thanks StevenP! Looking forward to tracking one down this weekend …
So what exactly is in an authentic lobster roll? I’ve been playing around with a version (http://miocibo.com/2009/06/25/maine-lobster-roll-recipe/), but it seems like people from different part in the Northeast have very particular ideas. Any tips? I have to say i’ve never seen corn in a lobster roll …